Increasing Water Supply - Examples Flashcards
1
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Describe the China water transfer
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Planned to $62 billion project: tranfer 44.8 billion cubic metres of water every year from south to north
2
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Describe 3 advantages of the China water transfer
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- Provides water in Beijing & Tianjin
- Allows industry to develop = more wealth
- Provides water for irrigating farmland = crops
3
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Describe 4 disadvantages of China water transfer
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- Large areas flooded = destroying habitats
- Huge construction works = damage ecosystems
- Raising dam of Reservoir flooded productive farmland & forced 345,000 people to move
- Now have less land & poorly built housing
- Received little compensation & unemployed
- Water it supplies to Beijing = very expensive for consumers
- Supplies to urban areas
- Urban poor + rural areas have no acess
- Water stress in south will increases (a lot water diverted)
- During severe droughts = won’t be enough for drinking/irrigation for 30 million locals
4
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Kenya is using ___ ___ to create a sustainable water supply
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Sand Dams
5
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Describe how Kenya has little water (3x)
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- Few heavy downpours per year
- Rivers only flow during rainy season
- During dry season = water evaporates
6
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How are sand dams helped the Kenyan people?
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Gives them acess to water all year round
7
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Describe how sand dams work
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- Low dam built across river
- During rainy season = when water flowing in river = course material trapped behind dam
- Water gets trapped between sand particles
- Sand prevents water from being evaporated in dry season
- When river stops flowing = water extracted by digging well, piping water through dam to tap or digging holes
8
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Name 3 advantages of sand dams
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- Cheap to build
- Use local materials
- Don’t require much maintenance
9
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What is the disadvantage of sand dams?
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1/3 of what gets trapped behind dam = water
10
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How are sand dams mantained?
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Height of dam = raised each year to trap more sand & more water
